Grand Central Publishing
Featuring: Raphael de Chartres; Lady Iris Jordan
352 pages ISBN: 1455539147 EAN: 9781455539147 Kindle: B01MXDBTK3 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Raphael de Chartres, Duke of Dyemore, had infiltrated the
Lords of Chaos, whose intent is to achieve power and destroy
women and children in the process, for the sole reason of
putting an end to the abominable club, regardless of what it
cost him. The Lords had mistakenly kidnapped Lady Iris
Jordan on her way to a friend's wedding. At the Lords'
revel, where the participants are masked and, Raphael
maintains they have the wrong woman: he has met Iris once,
and he knows she is not the intended victim, the Duchess of
Kyle. Raphael wins his argument with the leader and asks
that he be given Iris; the "Dyonysus" agrees on the
condition that she be swiftly killed. Instead, Raphael
marries her; it's the only way for him to offer her
protection.
Elizabeth Hoyt certainly makes reviewing her books a
daunting task. When one thinks one has said everything there
was to say about this amazing series, Ms. Hoyt comes up with
the devastating bombshell that is DUKE OF DESIRE. I simply
could not tear myself away from this extraordinary book. Ms.
Hoyt is unparalleled when it comes to creating unique and
compelling characters, and Raphael has such a commanding
presence, I could say I could not stop gawking at him in
wonder -- and we're talking about a book here. He is dark,
dangerous, mysterious; he fears nothing because he has
nothing left to lose: his only reason to live is to
annihilate the Lords of Chaos. I adored him, and only a
woman of Iris' fortitude could have brought him the light
he sorely needed. Iris is just as magnificent as Raphael in
an entirely different way; she understands that he cares
about her and she is prepared to do what is needed to make
their peculiar marriage work and to see him laugh.
Elizabeth Hoyt has the reader begging to discover Raphael's
secrets, torturing us with mere morsels, having us desperate
to have a glimpse into his tortured soul, unveiling one
layer at a time, and the tension leading to the ending is
unbearable. DUKE OF DESIRE is a dark, sensuous, seductive
and breathtakingly heartbreaking story. Ms. Hoyt has never
taken the easy road to give her characters their
happy-ever-after, making it even more satisfying.
I can hardly believe that the stunning DUKE OF DESIRE is the
last novel in the outstanding Maiden
Lane series, but what a way to go!
Refined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds
herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. Her
captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. When one of
the masked-and nude!-Lords spirits her away to his carriage,
she shoots him . . . only to find she may have been a
trifle hasty.
A DUKE IN DEEPEST DARKNESS
Cynical, scarred, and brooding, Raphael de Chartres, the
Duke of Dyemore, has made it his personal mission to
infiltrate the Lords of Chaos and destroy them. Rescuing
Lady Jordan was never in his plans. But now with the Lords
out to kill them both, he has but one choice: marry the lady
in order to keep her safe.
CAUGHT IN A WEB OF DANGER . . . AND DESIRE
Much to Raphael's irritation, Iris insists on being the sort
of duchess who involves herself in his life-and bed. Soon
he's drawn both to her quick wit and her fiery passion. But
when Iris discovers that Raphael's past may be even more
dangerous than the present, she falters. Is their love
strong enough to withstand not only the Lords of Chaos but
also Raphael's own demons?
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